The series gave children an exposure to timeless classic stories.

Black and white images flicker across absorbed young faces as timeless stories unfold.

Spielberg was clear from the outset that this would be an epic - "a timeless story about the sacrifices of love".

"It's one of the great stories in literature, a timeless, terrifying story," says Close.

I wanted to give our version a new setting while retaining the ingredients and emotions of this timeless story.

Le Cirque 2000 is the inexorable next act in a timeless story.

I love the music, but I do love very much the story - totally timeless.

At any rate, animals are used as metaphors and moral symbols by Homer to make a timeless story.

"I think there's a way to tell these kinds of timeless stories with a newer, more contemporary slant," he said.

"Noah's Ark is a timeless story with parallels throughout the globe," he said.